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Job 10:18

World English Bible

“ ‘Why, then, have you brought me out of the womb?
I wish I had given up the spirit, and no eye had seen me.

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Job 10:18 in other translations

Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me.

Job 10:18 · American Standard Version

Job 10:18 in context

  1. 16If my head is held high, you hunt me like a lion.
    Again you show yourself powerful to me.
  2. 17You renew your witnesses against me,
    and increase your indignation on me.
    Changes and warfare are with me.
  3. 18“ ‘Why, then, have you brought me out of the womb?
    I wish I had given up the spirit, and no eye had seen me.
  4. 19I should have been as though I had not been.
    I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.
  5. 20Aren’t my days few?
    Stop!
    Leave me alone, that I may find a little comfort,